Summer Cocktails: The 6 Best to Make at Home

Strawberries, mint, lemons, tomatoes, tree fruits: summer is the ideal season to prepare fresh, thirst-quenching and natural cocktailsWithout wasting money on purchases we can avoid, perhaps using produce from our own garden, and without wasting health, through excessive consumption of spirits.

DIY FRUIT COCKTAIL 

Summer cocktails, Don't resign yourself to the idea that you have to rely on others or buy pre-packaged products to enjoy them. On the contrary, you can prepare them at home, having fun and surprising your guests, maybe even using some fruit or some flower From the garden or terrace. And since these are summer recipes, make room for seasonal fruits and flowers, and even a touch of alcoholic ingredients, if and when necessary.

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STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL

Beautiful, good and healthy, strawberries They are perfect for making an excellent homemade Caipiroska. As we have already explained to you, the strawberry cultivation It doesn't require much care but allows you to have a good amount of fruits rich in vitamins and mineral salts.

For an excellent one Caipiroska you will need:

• washed and cut strawberries without the stalks
• diced lime
• brown sugar to be crushed together with a mortar

Then just add some ice and dry vodka, mix everything together and you're done.

COCKTAIL WITH MINT

La mint is the main ingredient of the MojitoIt is easily grown in the garden or in a pot. starting from seeds or cuttings: just ask for a sprig of the plant and then leave it in a glass of water until it has formed roots. It adapts to almost all types of soil and fertilization must be done in springTo make a Mojito, combine mint leaves with brown sugar, crush, and add lime juice. Then add ice, Angostura bitters, rum, and, finally, sparkling water or soda water.

COCKTAIL WITH TOMATOES

With tomatoes you can prepare the Bloody MaryIf you have already started growing them, in July you can try to harvest them not only to make a good homemade sauce with which to season your recipes but also to have fun preparing this summery-flavored cocktail. In this case, the preparation is even simpler because you only have to combine the ingredients:

• tomato juice
• vodka
• lemon juice
• a few drops of Worcestershire sauce,
• 1 dash of Tabasco
• 1 pinch of salt and pepper.

COCKTAIL WITH LEMON

Limoncello It is prepared starting from lemon peels. It is therefore essential that it is peels organic, not contaminated by pesticides. The lemon tree adapts easily to the climate of different regions and can also be grown in pots.These are citrus fruits rich in beneficial and healing properties that you will use in many recipes and that you cannot help but grow directly in your garden. Here you can follow the step-by-step procedure of our recipe to prepare them. homemade limoncello.

CHAMOMILE LIQUEUR

Did you know that chamomile is excellent for preparing not only herbal teas but also a relaxing liqueurIt's one of those flowers that sometimes doesn't even need to be cultivated because it grows spontaneously. Chamomile is the most well-known infusion, always used for headaches or stomachaches or simply as a relaxing herbal tea to help you sleep. But that's not all: with Roman chamomile you can make... a liqueur that is not only good but also calmingIn this case, the chamomile flowers should be left to macerate in alcohol for about fifteen days, before adding water and sugar, letting them infuse for a day, and then straining. A word of advice: wait two months before consuming the liqueur. Serve absolutely chilled.

VIOLET LIQUEUR

The violets Like chamomile, they grow wild in our gardens, are edible, and are perfect for making an excellent homemade liqueur, fragrant and decidedly innovative to surprise your guests. The process for making a homemade violet liqueur is simple and similar to that for chamomile liqueur. The only difference, of course, is replacing the chamomile flowers with violet petals.

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